17 Electric Potential Essentials-Problems

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001 (part 1 of 6) 10.0 points
A positive test charge is placed at the center
of a spherical Gaussian surface.
What happens to the net flux through the
Gaussian surface when the surface is replaced
by a cube of the same volume whose center is
at the same point?
4. The net flux is zero.

Gaussian surface when the charge is moved
just outside the original sphere?
2. The net flux decreases but is nonvanishing.
1. The net flux increases.
2. No change
4. No change

Gaussian surface when the sphere is replaced
by a cube of one-third the volume centered at
the same point?

The positive test charge is again placed at
the center of a spherical Gaussian surface.
What happens to the net flux through
the Gaussian surface when a second positive
charge is placed near, but outside, the original
sphere?
1. No change

2. No change
Gaussian surface when the charge is moved
off center in the original sphere, but remains
within the sphere?
1. No change

Gaussian surface when a second positive
charge is placed inside the original spherical
Gaussian surface?
3. No change

~ = a + b , interA uniform electric field E
sects a surface of area A.
What is the flux through this area if the
surface lies in the yz plane?
5. a A
6. b A
7. (a b) A
1. (a b) A
p
2. A a2 + b2
3. (b a) A
4. b A
010 10.0 points

A 60 cm diameter loop is rotated in a uniform
electric field until the position of maximum
electric flux is found. The flux in this position
is measured to be 5.56 105 N m2 /C.
What is the electric field strength?
Answer in units of N/C.
5. a A
6. 0
7. (a + b) A
What is the flux if the surface lies in the xz
plane?
1. b A
2. (a + b) A
p
3. A a2 + b2
4. (b a) A
5. 0
6. a A
7. (a b) A
What is the flux if the surface lies in the xy
plane?
1. 0
011 10.0 points

A vertical electric field of magnitude
17000 N/C exists above the Earths surface
on a day when a thunderstorm is brewing.
A car with a rectangular size of 2.19 m by
3.87 m is traveling along a roadway sloping
downward at 20.9 .
Determine the electric flux through the bottom of the car.
Answer in units of N m2 /C.
An electric field of magnitude 5530 N/C is
applied along the x axis.
Calculate the electric flux through a rectangular plane 0.181 m wide and 0.73 m long
if the plane is parallel to the yz plane.
Calculate the electric flux through the same
rectangle if it is parallel to the xy plane.
Calculate the electric flux through the same
rectangle if it now contains the y axis and its
normal makes an angle of 27 with the x axis.
2. (a + b) A
3. (b a) A
p
4. A a2 + b2
015 10.0 points

A charge of 15.1 C is at the geometric center
of a cube.
What is the electric flux through one of
the faces? The permittivity of a vacuum is

8.85419 1012 C2 /N m2 .
016 10.0 points
Five charges are placed in a closed box. Each
charge (except the first) has a magnitude
which is twice that of the previous one placed
in the box. All charges have the same sign
and (after all the charges have been placed in
the box) the net electric flux through the box
is 5.3 107 N m2 /C.
What is the magnitude of the smallest
charge in the box? The permittivity of a
vacuum is 8.85419 1012 C2 /N m2 .
Answer in units of C.
A solid sphere of radius 20 cm has a total positive charge of 13.3 C uniformly distributed
throughout its volume.
Calculate the magnitude of the electric field
at the center of the sphere.
5 cm from the center of the sphere.
20 cm from the center of the sphere.
21.5 cm from the center of the sphere.
The figure shows a portion of an infinitely
long, concentric cable in cross section. The
inner conductor carries a charge of 6.9 nC/m
and the outer conductor is uncharged.
3.2 cm
7.5 cm
10.3 cm
What is the electric field 0.5 cm from the

central axis? The permittivity of free space is
8.85419 1012 C2 /N m2 .
What is the electric field at 2.9 cm from the
central axis?
What is the direction of the electric field at
4.55 cm from the central axis?
1. The electric field is not a vector, so it has
no direction.
2. Points radially outward
3. Undetermined, since the field is zero
4. Points radially inward
What is the electric field at 11.35 cm from the
central axis?
What is the surface charge density inside the
hollow cylinder?
Answer in units of nC/m2 .
What is the surface charge density outside the
hollow cylinder?
Answer in units of nC/m2 .
027
10.0 points

A large flat sheet of charge has a charge per
unit area of 5.8 C/m2 .
Find the electric field intensity just above
the surface of the sheet, measured from its
midpoint. The permittivity of free space is
8.8542 1012 C2 /N m2 .
028 10.0 points
Consider two long, isolated, concentric, conducting cylinders. The inner conductor has a
net charge of 4 q . The outer conductor has a
net charge of 8 q . Since the two cylinders are
conductors, the charge flows to the surfaces
of the cylinders. The charge on the surface of
the sphere is Q1 , on the inner surface of the
shell is Q2 and on the outer surface Q3 .
8q
Q2
Q1 = 2 q
Q2 = 2 q
Q3 = 2 q
10.
Q1 = 8 q
Q2 = 8 q
Q3 = 12 q
029 10.0 points

Two large, parallel, insulating plates are
charged uniformly throughout the plates.
Each plate has the same amount and sign
of charge per unit area +.
What is the magnitude of the resultant electric field E?
between the plates, zero outside

2 0
2.
0
1.
3. zero everywhere
2
2
between the plates,
outside
0
0
5.
everywhere
0
2
outside
6. zero between the plates,
0
7.
between the plates,
outside
2 0
2 0
outside
0
2
9.
0

outside
2 0
4.
Q3
4 q
Which choice best represents the charge

distribution in electrostatic equilibrium?
1.
Q1 = 7 q
Q2 = 7 q
Q3 = 2 q
2.
Q1 = 6 q
Q2 = 6 q
Q3 = 8 q
3.
Q1 = 4 q
Q2 = 4 q
Q3 = 4 q
4.
Q1 = 7 q
Q2 = 7 q
Q3 = 3 q
5.
Q1 = 6 q
Q2 = 6 q
Q3 = 12 q
6.
Q1 = 7 q
Q2 = 7 q
Q3 = 5 q
7.
Q1 = 6 q
Q2 = 6 q
Q3 = 15 q
8.
Q1 = 8 q
Q2 = 8 q
9.
Q3 = 13 q
030 10.0 points

At distance r from a point charge q, the electric potential is 552 V and the magnitude of
the electric field is 238 N/C.
Determine the value of q. The Coulomb
constant is 8.98755 109 N m2 /C2 .
Answer in units of C.
An electric field does 10 J of work on a
0.0006 C charge.
What is the magnitude of the voltage
change?
Answer in units of V.

The same electric field does 20 J of work on a
0.0012 C charge.
What is the magnitude of the voltage
change now?
5. (b) and (d) only

6. (c) and (d) only
7. (a) and (e) only

An object with a charge 9 C and a mass 0.4 kg
accelerates from rest to a speed of 25 m/s.
Calculate the kinetic energy gained.
Answer in units of J.
8. (a) and (d) only

9. (c) and (e) only
10. (a) only

Through how large a potential difference
did the object fall?
035 10.0 points
A dipole field pattern is shown in the figure.
Consider various relationships between the
electric potential at different points given in
the figure.
D

What is the magnitude of the force on an
electron between the plates?
Answer in units of N.
Consider five potential relationships

a) VD = VS > VW
b) VD = VS = VW
c) VD = VS < VW
d) VP < VW < VJ
e) VP > VW > VJ
Which relationships are correct?
1. (e) only
2. (d) only
3. (c) only
4. (b) and (e) only

A pair of oppositely charged parallel plates is
separated by 5.56 mm. A potential difference
of 559 V exists between the plates.
What is the strength of the electric field
between the plates? The fundamental charge
is 1.602 1019 .
Answer in units of V/m.

How much work must be done on the electron
to move it to the negative plate if it is initially
positioned 3.1 mm from the positive plate?
039 10.0 points
A proton is released from rest in a uniform
electric field of magnitude 80000 V/m directed along the positive x axis and undergoes a displacement of 0.5 m in the direction
of the electric field as shown.

80000 V/m
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ vA = 0 v0
+ +
+
0.5 m
+
+ A
+
+
V2
of the potentials at the centers of the
V1
two solid conducting spheres?
1.
2.
3.
Find the amount of the kinetic energy

gained after it has moved 0.5 m.
4.

An electron gun fires electrons at the screen
of a television tube. The electrons start from
rest and are accelerated through a potential
difference of 25000 V.
What is the energy of the electrons when
they hit the screen? The elemental charge is
1.6 1019 C and the mass of an electron is
9.11 1031 kg.
6.

What is the speed of impact of electrons with
the screen of the picture tube?
Answer in units of m/s.
Consider two solid conducting spheres with
radii r1 = 8 R and r2 = 7 R , separated by a
large distance so that the field and the potential at the surface of sphere #1 only depends
on the charge on #1 and the corresponding
quantities on #2 only depend on the charge
on #2. Place an equal amount of charge on
both spheres: q1 = q2 = Q .
r1
r2
5.
7.
8.
9.
#2
After the electrostatic equilibrium on each

sphere has been established, what is the ratio
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
=1
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
64
49
7
8
49
128
8
7
49
32
7
16
49
64
7
4

E2
What is the ratio
of the electric fields at
E1
the surfaces of the two spheres?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
#1
8.
9.
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
=
=
=
=
=
7
16
7
4
49
64
49
128
8
7
=1
49
32
64
=
49
7
=
8
=

Now connect the two spheres with a wire.
There will be a flow of charge through the
wire until equilibrium is established.
r1
r2
4.
5.
6.
7.
q1
#1
q2
#2
V2
of the potentials at the
What is the ratio
V1
centers of the two spheres once equilibrium
has been established?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
V2
V1
7
4
8.
9.
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
E2
E1
=1
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
7
16
8
7
49
64
49
32
49
128
7
8
64
49

E2
What is the ratio
of the electric fields at
E1
the surfaces of the two spheres once equilibrium has been reached?
E2
49
=
E1
128
E2
64
2.
=
E1
49
7
E2
=
3.
E1
4
7
8
8
7
49
64
49
32
7
16

What is the charge q1 on sphere #1?
1. q1 =
=1
=
2. q1 =
3. q1 =
4. q1 =
5. q1 =
6. q1 =
8
Q
15
15
Q
7
15
Q
16
7
Q
15
16
Q
15
15
Q
14
7. q1 = Q
14
Q
15
15
9. q1 =
Q
8
8. q1 =

Consider a sphere with radius R and charge
Q and the graphs
1.
1
r2
P.
1
r
1
r
M.
1
r2
G.
0
1
r2
Y.
Q.
1
r2
L.
0
1
r
1
r
Which diagram describes E(r) (the electric field vs radial distance) for a conducting
sphere?
1. P
X.
2. Z
0
1
r2
3. M
4. Y
5. X
S.
0
6. Q
7. S
8. L
9. G
Z.
0

Which diagram describes the E(r) function
(electric field vs radial distance) for a uniformly charged non-conducting sphere?
1. Q
2. M
3. G
5. P
4. Z
6. S
5. Y
7. Y
6. S
8. L
7. P
9. G
8. X
9. L
Which diagram describes the V (r) function
(electric potential vs radial distance) for a
conducting sphere?
1. X
2. Q
3. Y
4. G
5. Z
051 10.0 points

When you touch a friend after walking across
a rug on a dry day, you typically draw a spark
of about 2 mm. The magnitude of the electric
field for which dielectric breakdown occurs in
air is about 3 MV/m.
Estimate the potential difference between
you and your friend before the spark.
052 10.0 points
An electric field is given by Ex = (5 kN/C) x3 .
Find the potential difference between the
points on the x-axis at x = 1 m and x = 6 m.
Answer in units of kV.
6. P
053 10.0 points

If the potential in a region is given by the
function
7. S
V = 2 x y 2 cos(z) ,
8. M
what is the y-component of the electric field

at the point P = (x , y , z )?
9. L
Which diagram describes the V (r) function
(electric potential vs radial distance) for a
uniformly charged non-conducting sphere?
1. Z
2. M
3. X
4. Q
1. Ey = 2 y
2. Ey = 2 y
3. Ey =
y 3
3
4. Ey = y 2
5. Ey =
x2
4
6. Ey = 2
7. Ey = cos(z )

1. E = k
8. Ey = sin(z )
2. E = k
9. Ey = sin(z )
10. Ey = 2 x
3. E = k

Consider the uniformly charged sphere with
radius R and total inside charge Q.
4. E = k
R
p
Find the total flux passing through the

Gaussian surface (a spherical shell) with radius r.
1. =
2. =
3. =
4. =
5. =
6. =
7. =
8. =
9. =
10. =

Find the electric field at radius r .
6. E = k
7. E = k
3
Q R
0 r
Q
0

Q R2
0 r 3
Q r 3
0 R
Qr
0 R
2
Q R
0 r
Q
0 r
Q r 2
0 R

Q R
0 r

Q r2
0 R3
5. E = k
8. E = k
9. E = k
10. E = k
10
Qr
R3
Q
R
Q R2
r3
QR
r3
Q r2
R3
Q
R2
Q R2
r4
Q r2
R4
Q
r2
Q
r

Find the value of the electrostatic potential at
the same radius r .
"
2 #
R
1 kQ
3
1. V =
2 R
r

1 kQ
r 2
2. V =
3
2 R
R

2
1 kQ r
3. V =
2 R R
"
2 #
R
1 kQ
2
4. V =
3 R
r
"
2 #
1 kQ
R
5. V =
3
2 r
r

1 kQ
r 2
6. V =
2
3 R
R
2
1 kQ R
7. V =
3 R
r

r 2
1 kQ
8. V =
2
3 r
R

r 2
1 kQ
3
9. V =
2 r
R

"
2 #
1 kQ
R
10. V =
2
3 r
r
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4. The net flux is zero.

1. The net flux increases.

3. The net flux increases.

3. The net flux decreases but is nonvanishing.

005 (part 5 of 6) 10.0 points

1. The net flux increases.

3. The net flux decreases but is nonvanishing.

3. The net flux increases.

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the faces? The permittivity of a vacuum is

What is the electric field 0.5 cm from the

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029 10.0 points

between the plates, zero outside

10. zero between the plates,

Which choice best represents the charge

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5. (b) and (d) only

033 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

8. (a) and (d) only

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Consider five potential relationships

036 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points

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Find the amount of the kinetic energy

040 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

041 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

After the electrostatic equilibrium on each

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045 (part 4 of 5) 10.0 points

046 (part 5 of 5) 10.0 points

047 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points

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051 10.0 points

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what is the y-component of the electric field

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054 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points

Find the total flux passing through the

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